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Accession to the APRM is voluntary, and the Head of State or Government of the country concerned signs a Memorandum of Understanding with a representative of the continental APRM Panel of Eminent Persons (the Panel), thus joining the Forum of Heads of State and Government of the mechanism (the APR Forum). [...] The latter is the forum of all Heads of state and Government of the countries that have acceded to the APRM, and who are the final ‘peers’ to consider the Country Review Report (CRR).4 At the time of writing, thirty member states of the AU have already acceded5 to the APRM, with twelve6 having undergone the first review. [...] For instance the chairman of the NGC appeared on the podium together with the Prime Minister of the country, and the representative of the APRM eminent persons’ panel10 but, unlike the other two, was neither acknowledged nor introduced to the audience. [...] For instance the chairman of the NGC appeared on the podium together with the Prime Minister of the country, and the representative of the APRM eminent persons’ panel1 but, unlike the other two, was neither acknowledged nor introduced to the audience. [...] Secondly, particularly with regard to the domestication of the Master Questionnaire, the NGC became involved in the conceptualisation and adaptation of the questionnaire from the start; and also worked on an effective division of labour between itself and the TRIs regarding public sensitisation of the APRM process.